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002    ELROD CEMETERY

Location - off Hwy 294 near Hiwassee Dam Access Rd, Shoal Creek Township.

Coordinates: 35d 06m 57.0s N; 84d 14m 17.9s W Click here for Online Maps

Directions: From Murphy travel west on US-64 to NC-294. Turn North onto NC-294 and travel just more than 0.25 mile past Dam Access Road. Turn right into the drive of Mrs. Oma Elrod (Also known as Cemetery Road). The Elrod Family Cemetery is located about a quater mile behind her home.

View #2 of the cemetery. View #3 of the cemetery.

Surveyed and photographed by Ken Elrod in July 2010.

1. Arp, Ceney Jane Elrod   (b. 10 Aug 1894 - d. 6 Aug 1973)
Daughter of Thomas N. and Mary N. Elrod. Wife of Loyd Robert Arp
2. Arp, Loyd Robert   (b. 22 Sep 1924 - d. Reserved)
Husband of Ceney Elrod Arp. Masonic emblem.
3. Brown, Gladys Joy Elrod   (b. 8 Sep 1939 - d. 14 Feb 1989)
Wife of Joe Ben Brown Daughter of Thomas David and Oma Ledford Elrod
4. Brown, Joe Ben   (b. 16 Jun 1939 - d. Reserved)
Husband of Gladys Joy Elrod Brown
5. Chastain, Con   (b. 9 Feb 1910 - d. 4 Mar 1987)
Husband of Thelma Chastain, Sister of Oma Ledford Elrod
6. Chastain, Thelma Ledford   (b. 6 Jun 1918 - d. 31 Oct 1984)
Sister of Oma Ledford Elrod, Wife of Con Chastain
7. Elrod, Brooksie   (b. 6 May 1946 - d. Reserved)
Wife of Kenneth Roy Elrod
8. Elrod, Dan Wesley   (b. 15 Apr 1949 - d. 27 Sep 1988)
Son of T. David and Oma Elrod
9. Elrod, Gale   (b. 30 Sep 1923 - d. 2 Oct 1991)
Son of Tiney Elrod Holbrook Gilbert and Edward Holbrook. Grandson and adopted son of Thomas N, Elrod.
10. Elrod, George Hezekiah "Hezzy"   (b. 20 Jun 1902 - d. 20 May 1973)
Son of Thomas Newberry and Mary Narcissus Elrod
11. Elrod, Henry Beecher   (b. 14 May 1908 - d. 16 Apr 1970)
Husband of Irene Fox Elrod. Son of Thomas N. and Mary N. Elrod.
12. Elrod, Irene Fox   (b. 4 Oct 1910 - d. 26 May 1990)
Wife of Henry Beecher Elrod
13. Elrod, Kenneth Roy   (b. 2 Sep 1944 - d. 17 Feb 1998)
Husband of Brooksie Elrod. Son of David and Oma Elrod
14. Elrod, Little Sister   (b. 3 Sep 1911 - d. 21 Sep 1911)
Daughter of Thomas N. and Mary N. Elrod. First internment in the Elrod Cemetery.
15. Elrod, Mary Narcissus   (b. 1876 - d. 1936)
Wife of Thomas N. Elrod
16. Elrod, Minnie N.   (b. 6 Mar 1898 - d. 3 Mar 1922)
Daughter of Thomas N. and Mary N. Elrod
17. Elrod, Oma Ledford   (b. 12 Apr 1922 - d. Reserved)
Wife of Thomas David Elrod.
18. Elrod, Thomas David   (b. 11 Jun 1913 - d. 12 May 1974)
Husbond of Oma Ledford Elrod. Son of Thomas N. and Mary N. Elrod.
19. Elrod, Thomas James   (b. 9 Nov 1942 - d. 11 Jan 2010)
Son of Thomas David and Oma Elrod
20. Elrod, Thomas N.   (b. 29 May 1872 - d. 1958)
Husband of Mary N. Elrod. Son of Abraham and Elmira Elrod.
21. Kilpatrick, Irene Virginia   (b. 28 Aug 1977 - d. 29 Aug 1977)
Daughter of Mary Virigina Elrod Kilpatrick and Malbert Lewis Kilpatrick
22. Kilpatrick, Malbert Lewis, Jr.   (b. 24 Jan 1924 - d. 13 Oct 1996)
Husband of Mary Virginia Elrod Kilpatrick. Sgt. US Army, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Division, WW-II Military marker.
23. Kilpatrick, Mary Virginia Elrod   (b. 3 Sep 1940 - d. Reserved)
Wife of Malbert Lewis Kilpatrick. Daughter of Henry Beecher Elrod and Irene Virginia Fox Elrod.
24. Ledford, Clarence D.   (b. 7 Jun 1937 - d. 21 Nov 1987)
Brother of Oma Ledford Elrod. US Navy, Korea.
25. Ledford, Clarence Floyd (Dooley)   (b. 2 Apr 1960 - d. 8 Mar 1986)
26. Ledford, William Lush (Willis)   (b. 1 Jun 1920 - d. 17 Apr 1994)
Brother of Oma Ledford Elrod. Tec-4 US Army, WW-II.
27. McPherson, Jerry Herman   (b. 22 May 1953 - d. 7 Sep 2009)
Nephew of Oma Ledford Elrod. (funeral home marker)
28. Shelton, Ruth Arp   (b. 22 Aug 1922 - d. Reserved)
Daughter of Ceney J. Elrod Arp and Loyd Robert Arp. Wife of Clyde Shelton.
29. Trentham, Heather Rochelle   (b. 13 Sep 1986 - d. 13 Sep 1986)
Daughter of Ida Louise Trentham
30. Trentham, Ida Louise   (b. 17 Jun 1923 - d. 16 May 1996)
Sister of Oma Ledford Elrod
31. Trentham, Marcus Deano   (b. 7 Jan 1966 - d. 16 Jul 1976)
Son of Ida Louise Trentham